A new genus and species of colubrid snake from the Sierra de las Minas of Guatemala

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 207-220

  Campbell, Jonathan A ^a   Smith, Eric N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chapinophis new genus; Chapinophis xanthocheilus new species; Colubridae; Guatemala; Reptilia; Serpentes; Sierra de las Minas

Indexed keywords

ADELPHICOS; ATRACTUS; CHAPINOPHIS XANTHOCHEILUS; CHERSODROMUS; GEOPHIS; NINIA; RHADINOPHANES; TANTALOPHIS;

EID: 0031848623     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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